'Mr. Sophistication' (U.S.)

'Mr. Sophistication' (U.S.)

***1/2 (out of four) Comedian/actor/musician/athlete Ron Waters (Chicago native Harry Lennix of "Dollhouse") has been around the block, and then he's been around it again. During a troubling time with his wife Kim (Tatum O'Neal), for whom he left his first wife (Gina Torres), Ron's happy to leave Chicago for L.A., where he has a chance to rejuvenate his stand-up career and the pretty young perks of the job. That's 24-year-old Rosa (Paloma Guzman of "Pretty Little Liars"), who falls hard, deeper than Ron allows himself to feel. Writer-director Danny Green's suave drama takes a familiar story of second chances and underscores it with the psychology of the artist and a criticism of self-indulgent manhood. Ron's former football star cousin Floyd (Richard Brooks) encourages the complicated romances in Ron's life, and Ron clearly buys into it, wanting to believe he exists on a different level. What he finds is perpetual loneliness, where the ex he thought would struggle winds up marrying Rick Fox, and all his calculated deception crumbles against Kim's simple yet profound commentary on stabilizing your life: "When you don't know what to do, don't do anything." See it: 7:15 p.m. Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. Oct. 21 ($11-$14)

***1/2 (out of four) Comedian/actor/musician/athlete Ron Waters (Chicago native Harry Lennix of "Dollhouse") has been around the block, and then he's been around it again. During a troubling time with his wife Kim (Tatum O'Neal), for whom he left his first wife (Gina Torres), Ron's happy to leave Chicago for L.A., where he has a chance to rejuvenate his stand-up career and the pretty young perks of the job. That's 24-year-old Rosa (Paloma Guzman of "Pretty Little Liars"), who falls hard, deeper than Ron allows himself to feel. Writer-director Danny Green's suave drama takes a familiar story of second chances and underscores it with the psychology of the artist and a criticism of self-indulgent manhood. Ron's former football star cousin Floyd (Richard Brooks) encourages the complicated romances in Ron's life, and Ron clearly buys into it, wanting to believe he exists on a different level. What he finds is perpetual loneliness, where the ex he thought would struggle winds up marrying Rick Fox, and all his calculated deception crumbles against Kim's simple yet profound commentary on stabilizing your life: "When you don't know what to do, don't do anything." See it: 7:15 p.m. Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. Oct. 21 ($11-$14)

***1/2 (out of four) Comedian/actor/musician/athlete Ron Waters (Chicago native Harry Lennix of "Dollhouse") has been around the block, and then he's been around it again. During a troubling time with his wife Kim (Tatum O'Neal), for whom he left his first wife (Gina Torres), Ron's happy to leave Chicago for L.A., where he has a chance to rejuvenate his stand-up career and the pretty young perks of the job. That's 24-year-old Rosa (Paloma Guzman of "Pretty Little Liars"), who falls hard, deeper than Ron allows himself to feel. Writer-director Danny Green's suave drama takes a familiar story of second chances and underscores it with the psychology of the artist and a criticism of self-indulgent manhood. Ron's former football star cousin Floyd (Richard Brooks) encourages the complicated romances in Ron's life, and Ron clearly buys into it, wanting to believe he exists on a different level. What he finds is perpetual loneliness, where the ex he thought would struggle winds up marrying Rick Fox, and all his calculated deception crumbles against Kim's simple yet profound commentary on stabilizing your life: "When you don't know what to do, don't do anything." See it: 7:15 p.m. Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. Oct. 21 ($11-$14)